also spelled KABU KABU; This is an unregistered taxi cab operating illegally. Not painted in official taxi colours. Usually, drivers using cars for cabu cabu, upon discovery on the road are pulled out of their windows by police, or risk being flogged; {Your driver Sunday dey use una car for cabu cabu - when I'm drop of una pikin for school, on the way back, im go dey pick up passenjas.}

caf

cafeteria

caff

short form for cafeteria. Usually the kind found on secondary school and university campuses

cak

to where clothes, usually to dress up for an occasion or function

call card

visiting card

camp

stay in a group in temporary simple accommodation while on a visit for a purpose We were camped in the student hostels while attending the Nigerian University Games Association {NUGA} games.

camp, to

to hire a room in a hotel or elsewhere and keep it for the purpose of entertaining male visitors for money through formal or informal prostitution

can

to like {in relation to food}; Can you eat that type of food? Do you like that type of food?

can

to want to Can you take your bath now? i.e. do you want to take a bath now?

cane-rope

rattan-palm or the fibre derived from it Calamus deeratus

canteen

supermarket or large grocery store now archaic, as supermarket has replaced it, but a colonial-era expression. Borrowed into Hausa land

canvasser

one who is paid to go round to campaign for a particular candidate and make sure that the people turn up en masse at polling stations on election day

carbon copy

Look alike or replica

card

fish-drying rack this type of fish they put on card

carelessly

anyhow; she was sitting there carelessly; she was sitting there in an inappropriate position

carry

word used to define how powerful a generator is in terms powering appliances.

carry and go

a chant sang to a person caught stealing

carry belle

get pregnant

carry go

suit oneself

carry go

Go ahead; Help your self. {There is Carry Go featuring one of the finest Choc City artiste Ice Prince by Jaybee on Spotify}

carton

cardboard box of any form

casala

trouble

casala

trouble; problem.

casanova

a womaniser

case

misunderstanding, big problem; This thing is a big case now!

cash and carry

a prostitute

cash-madam

large-scale woman trader, generally in the south this cash-madam is too tough this woman trader is a hard bargainer

catch

to affect, to trap, to afflict sickness has caught me rather sickness don catch me Pidgin - usage in many African languages

catch trips

To entertain one's self, usually at the expense of another.

cd plate

compact disc

Ceiba

trade name for the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra {silk-cotton}

cha cha

gambling

cha cha

brand new

cha-cha

not at all; Used for emphasis of a negative statement. {Frequently used amongst Igbo speakers}

chaf

Smoking

chai

What! {chai tea or chai recipe as a beverage that is a blend of black tea, honey, spices and milk}.

chai!

Usually exclamation, used to express grief, surprise, disappointment and anger, etc... Also see choi

chaii

An exclamation

chaik

to chat up or chase the opposite sex; usually male to female he prefers chaiking to reading.

chairman

a boss

chairman

Term used to describe a guy {at times my chairman};

chance

Cheating someone {take a chance or chance upon or chancellor or second chance}; enter one chance; grateful for getting the chance to; greatful for the chance; a chance to experience great culture and music!

chance

in the expression Give chance! i.e. Give me room! but also give me an opportunity to do - usage in many African languages

change am

to change an article or something; to change someone's fate without his or her intention.

chao

verb: to eat, noun; food

Chapman

soft drink usually made mineral plus Ribina and fruit; similar to a nonalcoholic Sangria

chappy

a beautiful girl; {chappy's restaurant}

char

Something you tell someone when he say something stupid or incorrect word or strange word, its just use when someone say something out of point {e.g. Guy, you char}

charge to court

to charge s.o. with an offence bring money, or I will charge you to court

chark

to drink alcohol, get drunk

charlie

Originates from Ghana, it mean Friend.

chaser

man who chases women

chasis

awesome, very nice

chassiss

new

Che!

Expression of surprise - Igbo chei!

check

we will go check him we'll go and see if he's in check well! said by traders urging you to look round their shop

chei

wow!

chewing stick

stick from various tree species, chewed to clean the mouth and teeth.

chewing-stick

a piece of wood which can be softened by chewing and moisturing and which serves the purpose of teeth-cleaning {e.g. Please give me a chewing stick; I need to clean my teeth}

chey

exclamation or sign of sympathy. Usually for something bad.

chi chon chi

it means experience, or having witnessed something or be a victim of a circumstance. Chi chon chi is mimic from the word 'see something'. 'Chi chon chi' is the way a typical Calabar or Ibibio man pronounces; see something {it could also be written as shi shon shi}{ e.g. You never chi chon chi, if you chi chon chi you go yon}

chickala

a beautiful, sexy girl

chicken-change

insignificant amount of money, 'peanuts' these people only give chicken-change they only pay peanuts - 'chicken-feed'

chickito

young pretty looking lady

chief

term of address; used to show respect or towards male friends

chika

a girl or babe

chikala

a girl. see chickito

chilax

chillin or relaxing somewhere outside ur area or to calm someone's anxiety,fear or eagerness.

child dedication

church ceremony followed by elaborate entertainment in churches which do not practise infant baptism, {often} replacing the traditional naming ceremony

chillax

chill out; relax

chin

to chin {verb}; to ignore another person, especially on purpose.

chin-chin

triangular fried cakes served at gatherings

chinco

Chinese or a Chinese individual

chinco land

China

chineke

God Almighty; {the emphasis is placed on the creative activity of the supreme being simply by the use of the one word.}

Chineke meeeeeeee!

Oh my God!

chingum

chewing gum.

chinko

this word is used to describe Chinese people or people of the Asian race

chiz

a word that represent money

chock

to place stones or wood under the wheels of a vehicle to stop it rolling away

chock

used for aircraft

choco

weed, marijuana

chook

stab

chook

awl used by carvers

chook

stab

chook

to prick, to inject the thorn has chooked me

choose

to choose between two alternatives contrast with 'select'

chop

food let us go for chop let us go and get some food

chop

to eat

chop

to eat can you chop rice? do you eat rice?

chop

to embezzle; He has chopped too much money

chop beans

to fail at something

chop belleful

eat well

chop burger

to put on weight

chop chop

gluttonous

chop cockroach

to get pregnant

chop go

escape

chop I chop

mutual corruption

chop knuckle

fist bump

chop knuckle

fist bump, a kind of greeting similar to high five.

chop up

to increase in wealth, status or body size. move up

chop wowo lick plate

used to describe someone who is very ugly. it's a pidgin equivalent of 'hit by the ugly stick'

chop-bar

small eating house

chop-congo

to have sexual intercourse; I chop-congo today I had sex today

Christmas bush

bush whose leaves are used to treat wounds Alchornea cordifolia.

chuk

to have sex. to stab someone

chuku-chuku

Spikes or sharp object

chukuli

to cheat Carrying exam answers into the exam; Pieces of paper containing answers smuggled into an exam venue to aid in cheating.

to be returning soon I am coming {said by someone just leaving}. Only when used in the given expression, not in any other collocation

come chop

come dine or eat

come down

to get down from a vehicle; I will come down here.

come follow me stay

cohabitation

coming causing confusion!; Come and be going; I'm coming

go quickly; I'll be back

commot

go away or get out

comot

leave

comot

to leave a place

comot for road

make way; get away!

company

describes who owns a number of companies he is a company man he is a man who owns a variety of businesses N.B. 'company man' is thus almost the inverse of its meaning

complain

complaint the community forwarded their complains to higher authorities

complete

describes money and usually in the form 'not complete' your money is not complete the money is not enough

complete

entire. Describes a period of time and precedes the noun the market burned for complete ten days

compound

any ground of buildings surrounded by a notional or actual external perimeter.

compound

land surrounding a fenced house/houses

conceive

to impregnate; He has conceived her

condemn

to be worn out, useless, spoilt {of objects} the moto is condemned the car is no longer any good they have condemned it.

conducive

good, appropriate, fit the place is not conducive

confam

Means Confirm or a way of showing integrity and assurance

confirmed

see correct; something or someone with a good reputation

confra

campus fraternity

confusionist

who brings about confusion; he is just a confusionist

Congo meat

meat of the giant African land snail

conji

Horny

conk

to hit a persons head with clenched fingers.

conscience

girlfriend

continental

describes non-Nigerian food of vaguely European type.

control

to speak to someone

cook

to heat on the fire, whether a solid or a liquid she is cooking the water She is boiling water.

cool down

calming down or relaxing one's temper

coolu temper

control your temper!; title of song by Nigerian saxophonist Lagbaja.

copaiba balsam

tree, Daniellia oliveri, formerly valued for its gum?

copper

Graduate fresh out of the university and serving in a cooperation temporary.

copy copy

unoriginal person; see follow follow

copyright

applied to a song performed by a popular entertainer previously made popular by another entertainer. Often said with slight scorn. That song is copyright.

corner-corner

to do something sly

corner-mate

person who shares your corner of a room typically a room, especially in Lagos and in universities with accommodation problems, is divided into four corners and each corner can be shared by two people On the analogy of room-mate; also bedmate in the same sense

Corper

Member of the National Youth service Corps {NYSC}

correct

a way of expressing something is good

correct

as in to be correct they are not correct they are not doing the right thing.

cortex

nail polish

cotton

but also cotton-wool and kapok from the silk-cotton tree

could remember

for 'can remember' I could remember when we still had kobos.

counta

bottle cap

counter blast

to respond or to counter attack

country man/woman

a citizen

country people

the masses

cover slap

hard slap using the whole of your palm and fingers

cover-cloth

is a long piece of cloth usually wrapped around the body when one lies down to sleep {e.g. The boy is sleeping, where is his cover-cloth?}

cover-cloth

long strip of cloth usually wrapped around the body when sleeping

cover-shoes

ordinary shoes as opposed to sandals Do you never wear cover-shoes? {said to a persistent sandal-wearer}

co-wife

wife married to the same husband; co-wives always quarrel. {=mate}

co-wife; co-wives

female partners in a polygamous marriage {e.g. South African President Jacob Zuma's co-wives were present on marriage to his third wife}

telling someone craise or craize in pidgin; telling someone that he or she is mad or crazy.

cram

to memorise or read

crase

mentally unbalanced; acting out of the norm

crash

to sleep

craw-craw

skin disorder that causes itchy rashes

crayfish

shrimp, prawns

craze

having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

cream boy

a guy who is a show-off. Somebody who likes to show off clothes, money, etc.

creaminal

being the best creme de la creme in whatever you do

crench

a prison or jail house.

crispy

concise just a short crispy message

croaker

sea-fish spp. Pseudotolithus spp. very widely traded

cross carpet

to cross the floor {politician}

crown

king in draughts

cruz

use excessively

cry

to make a noise {of objects} the thing was crying it was making a noise.

cry-cry

somebody who cries too much, or easily. Usually a baby. This is used sometimes to tease babies in hope that the babies will stop crying, and most times the babies even cry louder {e.g. that una baby na cry-cry. I just commot from dommot because I for slap am}

cultism

practice of secret societies, especially in universities. Believed to be violent and based on traditional religion Soyinka seeks end to cultism in varsities

culture

ceremony, cultural festival; They do their cultures after the harvest

cunny

tricky a cunny man a trickster; cunning?

cunnyman

{specifically:} a con man.

cup

any drinking receptacle, including glasses, mugs etc.

cushion chair

armchair with cushions

customary court

court where justice proceeds according to the traditions of a particular ethnic group Recognised by the Nigerian state for civil cases

customs bar

commission charged on every puncheon of oil sold, deducted from the native trader's money and paid to the chief under whose auspices the supercargo had placed his ship for trading archaic, Niger Delta; work-bar

cut

to be broken, cut, snapped in two the wire has cut the wire is cut.

cut neck

when you like something so much

cut out

Pidgin English phrase often used to refer to a hurried escape.

cutlass

machete, used for cutting vegetation; matchet

cutleries

cutlery Advert - For hire: Chairs, canopies, cutleries, utensils

cutting-grass

cane rat, Thryonomys swinderianus; also more commonly 'grasscutter'. Throughout West Africa

cycomolocuting

Going around in circles with words; saying the same thing repeatedly using different words, phrases or sentences {e.g. Na cycomolocuting dem just de do for de meeting}

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